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2026 BCN awards announced

By [NR] admin | Published: January 19, 2026

BCN Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, announced the winners in the camera category for 2026. BCN collects POS sales data from most retail stores in Japan (January to December, 2025). Here is the latest ranking:

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Nikon achieves top market share in Japan for the first time with the release of the Z5II camera

By [NR] admin | Published: May 20, 2025

Nikon achieved top market share in Japan for the first time with the release of the Z5II mirrorless full-frame camera (Nikon has been gaining market share for a while – see previous reports): “In April, Nikon won the monthly top share for the first time in terms of sales volume of full-frame mirrorless cameras. In […]

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The latest Nikon market share in Japan according to BCN: Nikon is moving up

By [NR] admin | Published: January 21, 2025

The latest 2025 BCN Awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Here is the latest Nikon ranking: Digital cameras SLR Canon 69.4% Nikon 20.9% (was 17.1% before) Ricoh 9.7% Digital mirrorless single-lens cameras Sony 35.8% Canon 26% Nikon 14.5% (not in the top […]

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Yahoo Japan: “Z mount suddenly rises to second place in interchangeable lenses, finally escaping from regular single-digit share”

By [NR] admin | Published: July 10, 2023

Yahoo Japan (translation) published an article called “Z mount suddenly rises to second place in interchangeable lenses, finally escaping from regular single-digit share“. Here is a quote from the article:

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Nikon gaining back market share in Japan thanks to the Z8 camera

By [NR] admin | Published: June 17, 2023

The Japanese BCN retail ranking published an article called “Nikon rises to 3rd place in the mirrorless market, with the release of the Z8” (Google translated): “Nikon ‘s market share is steadily increasing in mirrorless single-lens cameras . The sales share by manufacturer in May 2023 will be 12.9%. It overtook OM Digital Solutions (former […]

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The latest Nikon, Canon, and Pentax DSLR camera sales data from BCN+R

By [NR] admin | Published: June 26, 2022

BCN+R published their latest DSLR camera sales data – Nikon DSLR sales are down, Canon DSLR sales are up, while Ricoh/Pentax DSLR sales remain virtually unchanged: From the BCN+R report (Google translated):

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Interesting: the same number of Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Fujifilm X lenses were sold in Japan last month

By [NR] admin | Published: January 26, 2022

BCN Ranking released a new report on the latest sales data for the Japanese market – it is interesting that the same number of Nikon Z, Canon RF, and Fujifilm X interchangeable lenses were sold at the end of last year in Japan (click for larger view):

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